Improvement in plows



H. F. MANN.

Plow.

Patented Apr. 16, 1851.

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AM. PHOTO-LITHD. C0. NN. (OSBDRNES PRCCESSJ UNITED STATES HENRY E. MANN, oE LA PORTE, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT `IN F'Lows.l

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 32,073, dated April 16, 1861.

To all whom it may concern Beit known that I, HENRY F. MANN,"0' La Porte, in the county of La Porte and State ot Indiana, haveinvented a new anduseful agricul` tural im pr0vement,which I call the Patrician Plow, and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a perspective view ot' my improved plow. Fig. 2 is a rear View of the same, and Fig. 3 is a land-side view.

Similar letters of reference in each of the several hgures indicate corresponding parts.

The nature ot' my invention consists in so constructing and arranging the handles ot' the plow that while one ot' them joins to the rear end of the beam and the other to the under side of the mold-board the lower ends of both unite or come in such close proximity to each other that they may be fastened to the under side ot' the rnoldboard at their extremities.l

The object of my invention is to firmly brace or stay the beam, mold-board, and standard of the plow, and at the same time to obviate the difficulty of clogging arising from attaching one ofthe handles to the landside-bar or to an arm projecting out from the rear ofthe standard. By attaching the handles in the manner l do a perfectlyunobstructed space is secured behind the standard and between the beam and the landside-bar, and therefore there is between the landside-bar and mold-hoard.

The landside-handle F passes down alongside the rear end ofthe beam, and is fastened to the same, and then takes a curved or bow form and extends over to near the under side of the moldboard. The other handle, C, is curved at its Vlower end so as to conform to the mold-board, and passes down alongside the inner surface of the mold-board until it meets the lower end of the landside-handle. The two lower ends are brought together and fastened to the mold-board by one and the same screw-bolt. Just above this bolt another bolt is passed through the handle G and `the mold-board, so as to more securely fasten the handle Gr.

The lower ends of the handles might be at i tached to the mold-board by separate bolts. In this case the lower end of one handle should be setin advance of that ot' the other. li however prefer to have the lower ends ofthe han dles confined by one and the saine bolt, as shown in the drawings.

Myplow is exceedingly simple and light, and yet strong and durable, and as itis what I term a straight-draft plow, it operates in the most perfect manner upon the soil.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Arranging the handles ou the beam and mold-board ot' the plow substantially in the manner herein described, so that they act as stays or braces to the standard, beam, and mold-board, and at the same time offer no obstruction to the dirt, weeds, &c., in rear of the standard and above the landside-bar, as set forth.

Witnesses: H. F. MANN.

E. L. BENNET,

WM. C. HANNAH.

AD, the landside-bar, and E a transverse brace 

